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Within last week, the hospital admitted 20 kids with serious burns because of adults’ carelessness. Some of them were not receiving right first aids leading to worse infection. For instance a 15-month-old infant hailing from the Mekong delta province of Long An hospitalized in January 17 suffered third degree burns in the area of 7 percent of the body. His relative said when the kid’s mother was preparing to a hot bath container, she was placing the hot kettle in the water container nearby and then the baby was touching the hot kettle in the feet. Similarly, one year old infant from the central province of Binh Dinh was suffering the third degree burn in the area of 23 percent of the body. The infant was kept in intensive care unit. A ten-year-old girl was treated in the intensive care unit with the third degree burn in 80 percent of the body because of gas explosion. Doctors said her condition was very critical with forecast of death. Dr. Diep Que Trinh of the … [Read more...] about Increase in hospitalizations of burned kids

Director of the Vietnam Military Medical University  Lieut. Gen. Do Quyet (left) and Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Service of India Lieut. Gen. Bipin Puri (Photo: VNA) New Delhi (VNA) – Lieut. Gen. Bipin Puri, Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Service of India, has expressed the willingness to cooperate with the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU) in medical sectors in which India has experience and strength. Puri made the statement during his talks with VMMU Director Lieut. Gen. Do Quyet, who paid a working visit to India from January 14-17. He said the Vietnamese delegation’s visit will contribute to consolidating defence ties between Vietnam and India, and opened up opportunities for cooperation in military medicine between the two countries.  While in India, Quyet and his entourage visited some local hospitals and universities, during which the two sides agreed to propose the Vietnamese and Indian Governments … [Read more...] about India ready to cooperate with Vietnam in medical sectors

The health authority pointed out the disease is caused by measles virus which is transmitted by direct contact with infectious droplets or by airborne spread when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes in the winter-spring season from ill people to healthy one. Measles will cause fatal complications including pneumonia, diarrhea, dry cornea, bronchitis, and encephalitis easily leading to death especially amongst children with chronic diseases or premature amongst pregnant women. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health warned parents to take kids to nearby medical clinics for vaccination as per the schedule. Moreover, they should regularly keep personal hygiene as well as keep sick kids at home for separation. Peak number of reported cases was reached with 116 deaths and 3,360 measles cases of 9,008 cases with fever with rash in 61 cities and provinces in 2014. By QUOC KHANH – Translated by ANH QUAN … [Read more...] about More cases of measles in peak season

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien requested the improvement of population quality and healthcare for the elderly during a conference in Hanoi on January 18 to launch its 2019 tasks regarding population and family planning. He also asked for maintaining the birth rate and limiting the increase in sex ratio at birth. Last year saw the first year of implementation for Resolution No.21-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 adopted by the sixth conference of the 12th Party Central Committee on population work in the new situation. Speaking at the event, Deputy General Director of the General Office for Population and Family Planning Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan said the nationwide population hit 94.67 million in 2018, 1 million higher than 2017. The total number of new-born babies reached 1.38 million. The rate of married couples adopting contraceptive methods hit 66.5 percent, lower than the target of 67.4 percent. Regarding population … [Read more...] about Deputy Health Minister requests improvement of population quality

The IVACFLU-S vaccines are displayed at the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals under the Ministry of Health (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The IVACFLU-S vaccines, which have been produced in Việt Nam to protect against seasonal flu such as A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B, are now available on the market, the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals under the Ministry of Health has said. As many as 50,000 doses of vaccines have been produced for the first time at the cost of between 120,000-180,000 VND (5.2-7.8 USD) per dose, half the cost of imported vaccines. The influenza vaccines have been studied and produced based on embryonic egg production technology in 2010 under co-operation between the institute and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH).  The institute had undergone multiple phases of clinical trials from 2017 onward. It has proved to be safe and capable of strengthening adults’ immune systems.  On January 14, the … [Read more...] about Made-in-Vietnam seasonal influenza vaccines available